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Grade:5th
CommonCoreStateStandards:
RI.5.2Determinethemainideaofatextandexplainhowitissupported
bykeydetails;summarizethetext.
SL.5.1Engageeffectivelyinarangeofcollaborativediscussionwith
diversepartnersongrade5topicsandtexts,buildingonothersideasandexpressivetheir
ownclearly.
Objective:Studentswillbeabletodeterminethemainideainatext.
Materials:WhatisHibernation?byBobbieKalman,ItstimeforBed!TheProcessof
HibernationArticle,PowerPointslides3133,StudentActivityPacketpages1517,
Highlighters,Pencils
Procedure:
LessonIntroduction:(30minutes)
UsePowerPointslide31tointroducetheFocusStrategyforthelesson.
Todaywearegoingtofocusofaveryimportantskillthatwillhelpusunderstandnonfiction
texts.Whenweread,weworktounderstandwhatthemostimportantthingisinthetext.Thisis
calledidentifyingthemainidea.
UsePowerPointslide31tointroducewhatamainideais.Havestudents
recordthedefinitionofmainideaintheImportantWordsboxonpage15oftheir
StudentActivityPacket.
Toillustratehowtofindamainidea,readaloudWhatisHibernation?
Beginbyskimmingthroughthebook,pointingoutthebooktitleandheadingsfoundin
thetext.Explainthatbylookingatthesetwoveryimportanttextfeatures,youcanstartto
gatherwhatthemainideamaybe.Whileyouarereading,bringattentiontothetopic
sentencesandexplainhowthetopicsentenceletsthereaderknowwhattheparagraph
willbeabout.Duringthereadaloud,stoptotalkwiththestudentsaboutthemainideas
thataredevelopingfromeachsectionofthebook.UsePowerPointslide33tojotdown
themainideasthatarefoundineachsection.
Afteryouhavefinishedthebook.Lookbackoverallofthemainideas
foundfromeachsectionofthebook.Havestudentsthinkingaboutwhatthemainideaof
theentirebookisbyputtingtogetherthemainideasofeachsection.Againuse
PowerPointslide33toshowyourthinking.
LessonActivity:(20minutes)
hibernation.
Explaintostudentsthattheywillbegivenanarticletoreadabout
Havestudentsskimthetitleandheadingsfoundinthetextandthenhave
themmakepredictionsaboutthetext.Studentswillrecordtheirpredictionsonpage15of
theirstudentactivitypacket.
SetPurposeForReading:Explainthatstudentswillreadthearticleusing
theirhighlighterstohighlightthetopicsentencesfoundineachoftheparagraphs
throughoutthearticle.Thesetopicsentenceswillhelpthemtodeterminethemainidea.
Studentswillfilloutthechartonpage16oftheirstudentactivitypacketaboutthemain
ideasforeachsectionofthearticle.
Whenstudentshavecompletedthearticle,theywillneedtoagainusepage
16oftheirstudentactivitypackettoreflectonthemainideaofeachparagraphinorderto
comeupwithamainideaofthearticleasawhole.
ActivityReflection:(10minutes)
Bringstudentsbacktogetherasagroup.
Havestudentssharewiththeclasshowtheydidwithfindingthemain
idea.Posethefollowingquestions(studentsshouldusetheirstudentactivitypacketto
helpanswerthesequestions):
Whatinformationdidyougatherfromthetopicsentences?
Howdidthetextfeatureshelpillustratethemainidea?
Whatwasthemainideaofthe(pickaspecificparagraph)?
Basedonthemainideaofthearticle,whatwastheauthorspurposein
writingthisarticle?
HavestudentsevaluatethemselvesontheFocusStrategyonpage17of
theirstudentactivitypacketaswellasanswerthejournalquestionforlesson6.
Assessment:Youwillbeabletodetermineifthelessonwasasuccessifstudentsareableto
determinethemainideainatext.Studentsstudentactivitypacketswillbecollectedattheend
ofthelessontocheckforcomprehension.
Differentiation:Givearticlesatavarietyoflevelstopromotecriticalthinkinginallstudents.